There is always a big gap between the ideal and the reality.

In China, Zhou Xuan is still unable to become a professional player because of his physical condition, and how can the United States, which has never lacked athletes, easily accept a Chinese? The chances of success in the "self-promotion operation" are lower than winning the lottery. They visited more than a dozen cities with NBDL and ABA teams, and most of them were closed, and they didn't even have the opportunity to talk to the coach, let alone try out.

Zhou Xuan continued to persist with Martha's encouragement. At the end of January 2008, the two spent the New Year munching on hamburgers in a cheap motel in a foreign country, an experience that Zhou Xuan will never forget. They then left Long Beach, California, and arrived in Los Angeles.

Almost all players want to play in big cities and get more media exposure and more attention. There are two teams in the NBA with the best conditions, one is the New York Knicks, and the second is the Los Angeles Lakers. Although the Clippers are also in Los Angeles, they are completely unregarded, and only Brand has led the team to the playoffs in recent years, and most of the time, they have gone straight to the top pick.

The day after they arrived in Los Angeles, they visited the Los Angeles Defenders. The Lakers were the first team to have a single NBDL team, the defenders were founded in 2006, and their home court is also Staples Arena. Playing here, even in the NBDL, is exciting.

Zhou Xuan and Martha had experience, and when they arrived at the stadium, the team had just assembled and had not yet started training, so it was easy to talk at this time, and they met the old coach Mark who was over sixty years old as they wished. Leonard. Leonard is a white man, kind-looking, wide and fat, if he shaves his head, he will look like Maitreya Buddha in Journey to the West. Leonard had no experience playing in the NBA as a young man and belonged to the academy coach. This old man was very communicative, and happily agreed to give Zhou Xuan a chance to show his talent.

With Yao Ming's success in the NBA, more and more teams want to explore the Chinese market, and Zhou Xuan's nationality is a good gimmick. As before, after a simple test, the coaching staff was not satisfied with Zhou Xuan's physical fitness, but Leonard was still willing to give him the opportunity to play a confrontation match.

IN THE TRAINING MATCH, HE FACED NOLAN, A BLACK PLAYER WHO WAS ALSO 186 CM TALL. Jones, Zhou Xuan was miserably suppressed. Jones has average speed, but he's physically strong, and there's always a way to get out of his way to a layup. Zhou Xuan didn't know his temporary teammates, and no one was willing to pass the ball to him, so he could only find opportunities by himself. He hit just one layup in four shots, played 10 minutes, scored two points, and had zero other stats and two fouls.

There are two kinds of chasing dreams, one is a person who has talent, perseverance, and can succeed. The other is a person who has no talent, only perseverance, and has no future. It's a pity that Zhou Xuan belongs to the second type. When Jones broke through to the basket and knocked Zhou Xuan to the ground to cause 2+1, the players on the sidelines burst into laughter, as if this was not a trial, but an after-school activity for everyone to relax.

"Look at this crap, if I can play in the NBDL at this level, then I can go to the NBA and become an All-Star." Jones smiled at his teammates as he returned to the defense.

"Maybe the coach asked him to give you confidence. Why don't you arrange this kind of sparring for me? ”

Hearing the opponent's ridicule, Zhou Xuan clenched his fists and walked to the front, wanting to hit back the opponent with a goal. He didn't believe he could defeat this nobody. But the coaching staff had seen enough and replaced him.

Leonard called Zhou Xuan in front of him and said with a wry smile: "Child, I'll be honest with you." We don't need someone who will only break through. You're less than 1.9 meters tall, your physique is too average, and the only position that suits you is a point guard, but you don't pass the ball. When you're defending, you can't just get out of the way, I know you're trying to show yourself offensively, but you're doing it wrong. ”

The performance is not qualified, Zhou Xuan is not annoyed, this coach has not sarcastically ridiculed him, it is already very good, and he has been looked down upon a lot during this time. He didn't want to miss this opportunity, and said lightly: "Coach, I understand what you mean, but I really love basketball, I'm not 19 years old yet, I will improve in the future, can you let me train here?" ”

Leonard shook his head: "Basketball is not something that can be played well by hard work, and your ability to fight is too poor, and it is difficult to gain a foothold on the court." ”

Zhou Xuan was a little unconvinced. "Nash is also very poor at confrontation, hasn't he become the MVP of the regular season?"

"You don't look at how high Nash's basketball IQ is." Assistant coach Vane on the side. Smith rolled his eyes. He first drew a large circle on his chest with both hands, then stretched out his little finger and said, "If Nash's ball quotient is that big, then your ball quotient is only the size of my fingernail." ”

After speaking, he also gestured a few times in front of Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan looked at his flat fingernails that were shorter than ordinary people, I don't know what to say, I won't really be so low, right?

It was useless to say more, so Zhou Xuan had no choice but to go out of the stadium with his mother.

Marks and Tha, who could only sit in the stands before, didn't hear their conversation, and asked anxiously: "What did he say just now, your face is so ugly." ”

Zhou Xuan said helplessly: "Mom, was my performance bad just now?" The coach said I had to focus on passing, I couldn't defend and I couldn't live up to their requirements. ”

'Don't lose confidence, when you go to another team, just pass the ball more.' Martha reassured. It is a mother's nature to spoil her children, even if Zhou Xuan's strength is obviously not good, she wants to encourage him and support him. Staying in the U.S. with an expired visa alone is not the courage of the average person.

Now the situation is not good, after a month of shopping, they are almost out of money, in order to survive can only stay in Los Angeles temporarily, otherwise it will be a problem to eat.

They first rented a small apartment in a Chinese settlement, and then Martha got a job as a nanny and helped with the children. This job can earn a lot of money, and take care of the food, so it also saves a person's food money. Zhou Xuan finds a place to play during the day, usually at UCLA University, where there are many people, and it is easy to gather ten people to play on a concrete field.

Zhou Xuan also wants to become a point guard who focuses on passing, but his vision is not wide enough, it is difficult to find gaps, and he can only play his strength by scoring. If he fights for points, his skills are not enough to become a figure like Iverson.

abused a lot of college students, but Zhou Xuan did not regain his self-confidence because of this, which at most proves that he is an amateur master.

On this day, after playing at UCLA, he was listlessly passing by a four-story dormitory building. I shouted in my heart: "Basketball IQ, what can I do to improve my basketball IQ?" IQ doesn't fall from the sky! God, tell me what to do? ”

He was thinking about it when he heard a woman behind him shouting, "Excuse me!" Buy, buy! ”

No, who is watching an A-movie on the road and still making such a loud noise? Zhou Xuan turned his head, but saw two Japanese students looking at it in fear. He looked up again, but he didn't know what to do, and he was startled when he saw it, a flyer!

Bang! The "flying man" who fell from the sky had a close contact with Zhou Xuan, and then they were both sent to the hospital by ambulance.

What is the probability of being hit by a person who jumped off a building? According to Shaolin Temple, Zhou Xuan must have done too many sins in his previous life, and he must have less good fortune in this life, so he must believe in Buddhism and donate more money to the monks to burn incense and chant scriptures, so that he can have good luck in the next life.

Zhou Xuan fell into a coma, Ma Sha felt like a bolt from the blue when she received the news, she hurriedly called home, asked Zhou Gaozhuo to borrow money from everywhere and call the bank card for emergency, and quit her nanny job to accompany her to the hospital. Zhou Xuan has no welfare in the United States, no medical insurance, and must pay high medical bills, and the Zhou family, who was already poor, is in debt. When they called, Zhou Gaozhuo and Martha had a big quarrel, and asked them to come back from the United States quickly, and the family was ruined when they played ball.

The most infuriating thing is that there are many people who feel sorry for the man who jumped off the building who was seriously injured and died, Zhou Xuan was obviously a victim, but no one cared.

The man named Silas is a well-known math genius at UCLA, who is said to have the ability to remember and be unmatched in calculations. He was afraid to enter the park, and if he came to a path paved with cobblestones, he couldn't help but study the order of the stones on the ground; He also can't go to the supermarket, and he will have the desire to count the labels of the goods. A famous UCLA professor commented that he could escape from prison with just a tattoo......

This almost neurotic geek fell in love with a girl the other day. It's a pity that the beautiful woman likes macho men and doesn't love mathematicians, so she happily rejected his pursuit. The geek had already calculated hundreds of ways to be rejected before, all of them were tactful, and direct rejection was the cruelest for him. He is disheartened, there is nothing to love in life, there is no sorrow in life, and there is no pain in death...... Jumped from the upper floor of the dormitory.

Silas chose the fourth floor, usually does not pay attention to high diving, and has no experience in the first jump, according to eyewitnesses, he did not fall head-down when he fell, looking at the posture should have landed on his knees, and the worst fell into Sun Bin. But his crotch hit Zhou Xuan's head first, Zhou Xuan put his hands together and instinctively leaned back, his action was like a hug in professional wrestling, pulling Silas, knocking his brain on the road tooth accurately, and his tibia fractured to death.

Therefore, Zhou Xuan was labeled as a "genius killed by mistake". The American paparazzi have always been known for "fearing that the world will not be chaotic, and everyone will be punished". A Chinese reporter who looked like Sammo Hung quietly sneaked into the ward the next day, took photos of Zhou Xuan in a coma, and sold them to the media. It just so happened that the unscrupulous media was also very good at, saying that the person who visited the ward was the negotiator, saying that Silas's parents demanded millions in damages.

If jumping off a building can claim millions of dollars, then Foxconn will be the company that has created the most millionaires. But as long as it's news, some people believe it. This news has also received a high degree of attention, and Zhou Xuan has made headlines in major online media. In the information age, the Internet is developed, and the media have also found Zhou Xuan's information. He played in the NCAA, was fired for assaulting his coach, and went to the Los Angeles Defenders for a tryout, where he was injured while playing at UCLA. The news has spread to China on the other side of the ocean, and many people know that a Chinese student was smashed by a man who jumped off a building.